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 ID number:  BIRBI-R3154
 Object type:  Coin
 Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
 Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
 Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
 Maker:  Fausta; Constantine I; Arelate
 Denomination:  Follis
 Place made:  Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles
 Culture:  Roman
 Date made:  324-325
 Metal:  Base metal
 Diameter (cm):  2.00
 Weight (g):  2.92
 Axis (degrees):  225.00
 Provenance:  Haines 1528. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
 
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                Description:  Obverse: Head of Fausta, bare, mantled with necklace, facing r. Reverse: Spes, draped and veiled, standing frontally with head facing l., holding two children in her arms.
 Inscriptions:  Obverse: CLAV MAX FAVSTA AVC (Flavia Maximiana Fausta Augusta). Reverse: SPES REI-PVBLICAE (The Hope of the Republic). In Exergue: Q*AR•
 Bibliography:  RIC VIII 285
 Notes:  According to RIC, the Q*AR• in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Arelate.
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